More than 100 people were rescued over six days last week at Hampton Beach due to flash rip currents.

Rip currents are one of the coast's greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing the potentially deadly currents to the East Coast this week ...

The Surf City Fire Department also reported 15 rip current rescues.

Rip currents are dangerous and potentially life-threatening for beachgoers — and can be more dangerous than sharks.

Heading to the beach? Hurricane Erin, churning well offshore, will still bring a very real rip current risk. Meteorologist A.J. Burnett explains how rip currents form and how to keep your family safe.

Lifeguards have rescued dozens of people from the churning waters along East Coast beaches even as Hurricane Erin moves hundreds of miles offshore. Authorities in North Carolina said about 60 ...

Hurricane forecasters said powerful Erin was creating life-threatening surf conditions at beaches up and down the whole East Coast.

Erin is causing 'life-threatening surf and rip current conditions across almost the entire US East Coast," according to the National Hurricane Center.

It’s nearly impossible to fight a rip current directly, and many swimmers who get in trouble tire themselves out trying to get back to the beach.